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Recent Examples of boxy
The fountain, which resembles a tumbling mess of boxy concrete tubes, some nearly forty feet high, has long been controversial.
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News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2025
The boxy Rover parked outside Lowestoft station is particularly evocative for a British child of the eighties and nineties.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Those panels fold up for transport, and the Sunflower then packs into a neat, boxy 17 x 13 x 1-cm (7 x 5 x 4-in) form.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2025
The boxy Rover parked outside Lowestoft station is particularly evocative for a British child of the eighties and nineties.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Those panels fold up for transport, and the Sunflower then packs into a neat, boxy 17 x 13 x 1-cm (7 x 5 x 4-in) form.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boxy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxy
Adjective
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Meanwhile, British sportswear brand Lonsdale’s blocky logo on T-shirts unintentionally contained a Nazi reference.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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These shrikes are smaller than robins but have large, blocky heads, hence the name loggerhead.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Developed by design studio Quartostile, the innovative exterior is the result of careful research aimed at optimizing every available cubic inch within the 300 GT limit.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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As for the vacuum system, the creators say the R2 uses an industrial-grade motor with a special airflow design to lift dirt and pet hair embedded in carpet fibers, delivering 115 AW of vacuum power and 48 cubic feet per minute (CFM) of suction.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Even the workpiece itself was cubical.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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The were only a few objects and all had a single, cubical shape.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Boxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxy. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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